The war against Igbo womenDaily SunThere is this truth which none can deny in Nigeria. That truth is that the woman from the Eastern part of Nigeria has never been lacking when it comes to standing up to be counted in public affairs, especially when it...

Nigerian TribuneList of Confab committee members out this weekNigerian TribuneTHE list of members of the committees proposed by the leadership of the ongoing national conference will be out early this week. Following the adoption of the work plan as am...

Daily SunOyo: In support of the current govtNigerian TribunePolitical activities in Oyo State are gathering momentum. Many politicians have been pasting posters around the state, thereby creating the awareness that they would be participating in the 20...

The PunchPDP puts off presidential rally •Cites denial of use of planned venue by govtNigerian TribuneTHE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has announced the postponement a planned visit by President Goodluck Jonathan to flag off the gove...

Osun DefenderBoko Haram Sect Attacks Yobe Mosque….Many Feared DeadOsun DefenderWith Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and petrol-bombs in 15 Hilux vehicles and motorcycles, unknown gunmen suspected as the Boko Haram sect attacked a mosque in Buni/G...

Islamists kill 17 in northeast Nigeria, attack mosqueReuters AfricaDAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist militants attacked a remote town in northeast Nigeria's Yobe state on Saturday, killing 17 people including five who were worshipping at a mos...

Islamists kill 17 in northeast Nigeria, attack mosqueswissinfo.chDAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamist militants attacked a remote town in northeast Nigeria's Yobe state on Saturday, killing 17 people including five who were worshipping at a mosqu...

CHANNELSIllegal Importation: Customs Seizes 15485 Bags Of Rice In One YearCHANNELSnigeria-customs-service A total of 15,485 bags of 50kg rice with a duty paid value of approximately 173million Naira have been seized by the Oyo /Osun Area Command of Cus...

Times of IndiaBoko Haram attack kills 17 in NigeriaTimes of IndiaKANO (Nigeria): Boko Haram militants attacked a village in restive northern Nigeria, killing 17 people and setting houses and cars alight, the local government said on Sunday. Among the d...

Codewit World NewsWhat Nigeria can learn from Ghana's democracy – Nana Akufo-AddoCodewit World NewsTwo-time presidential candidate in Ghana, member of parliament, attorney general, minister of foreign affairs and opposition leader, Mr. Nana Akufo...

Leadership NewspapersBayelsa says wedding of Jonathan's daughter did not paralyse economic activitiesDailyPost NigeriaJonathan Daughter Wedding5 Bayelsa State government has denied reports that economic activities were paralysed before and during t...

Nigeria's Anti-graft Agency Takes Campaign To Tertiary InstitutionsDaily Times NigeriaAn Anti-corruption agency in Nigeria has taken its campaign to tertiary institutions, with university administrators urged to show the much needed political will ...

Osun DefenderNigeria remains indivisible – SamboDailyPost Nigeriasambo Vice-President, Namadi Sambo has declared that those clamouring for Nigeria's break-up would be put to shame. Namadi made this known on Saturday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, dur...

Codewit World NewsWhat Nigeria can learn from Ghana's democracy – Nana Akufo-AddoCodewit World NewsTwo-time presidential candidate in Ghana, member of parliament, attorney general, minister of foreign affairs and opposition leader, Mr. Nana Akufo...

Nigeria Court order humbles defected lawmakersCodewit World NewsLast Wednesday would have been a sad day for the 37 defected Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers following the move to declare their seats vacant. Justice Adeniyi Ademola of Federal H...

Nigerian TribuneNigeria Court order humbles defected lawmakersCodewit World NewsLast Wednesday would have been a sad day for the 37 defected Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers following the move to declare their seats vacant. Justice Adeniyi Adem...

CHANNELSNigeria's Anti-graft Agency Takes Campaign To Tertiary InstitutionsCHANNELSicpc An Anti-corruption agency in Nigeria has taken its campaign to tertiary institutions, with university administrators urged to show the much needed political wil...

Leadership NewspapersAbia: the war that must endDaily SunThose who read this page many times ask me why I don't comment on events in Abia State. Every time I receive such inquires, my reaction is usually to laugh and pinch myself. I am sure that ma...

Nigerian TribuneOsun gov race: Omisore wins PDP primaryNigerian Tribuneomisore-protest Former deputy governor of Osun State and erstwhile chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Dr. Iyiola Omisore, on Saturday, won the Peoples Democratic Party (PD...

CHANNELSMilitary investigates Nasarawa killingsNigerian TribuneFollowing the outcry of the Nasarawa State government accusing the military of deliberate killing of the Fulani in Keana Local Government Area of the state, the military high command has pr...

Armed robbers storm filling station in Nsukka, two shot deadDailyPost NigeriaResidents of Nsukka, Enugu State witnessed heavy shooting on Saturday as policemen battled a dare-devil armed robbery gang at a fuel station. The hoodlums, DailyPost gathered,...

Police Arrest NURTW Members Over Clash In IbadanDaily Times NigeriaFive members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) were on Friday arrested over a clash in Ibadan, Oyo State. It was gathered that trouble started over an argument at ...

Nigerian TribuneBode George replies Fashola on Aganga's ministerial appointmentDailyPost NigeriaA former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George, has disclosed how the Trade and Investment Minister, Olusegun Ag...

Codewit World NewsConference full of sleepy old men –KaluCodewit World NewsDr. Orji Kalu A former Abia State governor, Orji Kalu, has described the ongoing National Conference in Abuja as a home to old men who do not have the strength to decide the f...

Police Arraign House Help For Magistrate's MurderLeadership NewspapersThe police in Ogun on Friday arraigned a 21-year-old house help, David Uche Ndah, who allegedly killed a 65-year-old retired chief magistrate one week ago at Laderin Estate, Abeo...

Daily SunAlaafin to Kalu: Only men like you can confront ObasanjoDaily SunThe Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi (III), has said it takes courageous men like eminent businessman and former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu to step on toes, and...

Daily SunSanusi investigation: Court orders FRCN to maintain status quoDaily SunThe order of the court was sequel to a suit filed by three Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Professor Yemi Osibajo, Dr. Kanyinsola Ajayi, and Kola Awodehin on behalf of ...

Neco recorded a remarkable improvement in Nov-Dec 2013 SSE ExamsDaily Times NigeriaTHE National Examinations Council [NECO] yesterday released the 2013 November\December Senior School Certificate Examination result [SSCE] External which recorded a rema...

Court stops Financial Reporting Council from investigating Sanusi, CBNPremium TimesJustice J.T. Tsoho gave the order on Friday in a suit filed by Mr. Sanusi through his counsel, Kola Awodehin. A Federal High Court in Lagos has given a preservatory orde...

Codewit World NewsBIZARRE: Man beheads: ABAKALIKI — THE Ebonyi State Police CCodewit World NewsMan Behead his father ABAKALIKI — THE Ebonyi State Police Command, yesterday, paraded a 30-year-old Nwode Chukwudi Awam, for beheading his father, Michae...

CHANNELSNigeria's Confab Hugely Considering Parliamentary DemocracyCHANNELSBisi-Adegbuyi-National Confernce delegate Delegates at Nigeria's National Conference are hugely considering the possibility of parliamentary democracy that will empower ...

The StreetjournalThe Desperate Jostle for Governor Aregbesola's Job!The StreetjournalBefore the entry of Senator Isiaka Adeleke, many had thought that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had narrowed the race for its governorship ticket to the trio ...

IHS Jane's 360Two New Books Out of Nigeria and Australia are ReleasedBroadway WorldThis startling book, written by two people who have a love for Nigeria; one living in Nigeria and the other in the US, brings to light many of the hidden truths about th...

Rivers CJ, Agumagu Sues NJC Over SuspensionDaily Times NigeriaThe suspended Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice P.N.C. Agumagu, has dragged the National Judicial Council (NJC) before an Abuja Federal High Court to challenge his suspension. He is also ...

Daily SunNational Conference: Delegates reject monetisation of lunchDailyPost Nigeriaimage Delegates at the National Conference on Thursday in Abuja rejected that their lunch be monetised and the money paid to each of them. The News Agency of Nigeria (...

Daily SunElectoral Act Proposals: Senate shifts burden of proof to INECNigerian ObserverABUJA - After initial stiff opposition by most Senators to the proposal, the Senate yesterday passed to second reading a bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 201...

Man Dies Scrambbling for Politician's Money in LagosNigerian BulletinThe Lagos state Police Command on Thursday confirmed the death of an unnamed young man who was allegedly killed while struggling with others to get his share of money donated by a...

P.M. NewsBoko Haram - Court Declines Secret Trial of Kogi Varsity LecturerVanguardAbuja — THE Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, refused to okay secret trial of Dr. Mohammed Nazeef Yunus, a lecturer at the Kogi State University accu...

Leadership NewspapersCholera Outbreak: 6 Die, 113 Hospitalised In JosLeadership NewspapersAt least six persons have been confirmed dead and 113 others hospitalised, following a fresh outbreak of cholera in Bassa and Jos North local government areas of ...

Daily SunOsun PDP guber primaries: Who laughs last?Daily SunThe stage is set for today's governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Osun State. Senator Iyiola Omisore, a leading aspirant, is not leaving any chances, tho...

Leadership Newspapers2015: INEC, AU, IDEA Enter Pact Over Electoral ViolenceLeadership NewspapersIn a bid to pre-empt and tackle electoral violence ahead of 2015 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday signed a ...

Leadership NewspapersAPC Raises Alarm Over PDP's Plot To Disrupt Congress In GombeLeadership NewspapersThe All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to disrupt its planned ward, ...

The StreetjournalMore than 30 insurgents killed in Nigeria military raidBusiness StandardMore than 30 insurgents were killed in an early morning raid by military operatives in Nigeria's north central Nasarawa state, witnesses said Thursday. Ten bod...

Daily SunThe court verdict on defecting lawmakersDaily SunThe judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which declared that 37 members of the House of Representatives who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the newly formed All Progre...

Leadership NewspapersCNPP says new bill on Nigerian Constitution reveals Jonathan's hidden agendaPremium TimesGroup frowned at provision to empower INEC to deregister political parties that fail to win elections. The Conference of Nigerian Politica...

Osun DefenderOduah on 'Hot' seat; as she was been interrogated for 5hoursOsun DefenderThe former Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, was being interrogated for over five hours at their Idiagbon House headquarters in Abuja. EFCC summoned the...

Capital FM KenyaIkorodu Boat Mishap: Survivor Says Accident Was Caused By OverspeedingCHANNELSikorodu mishap A survivor of the Ikorodu Boat Mishap which occurred on Wednesday night, in Lagos, told Channels Television that overload and high speed caused...

P.M. NewsDelegates protest at the National ConferenceP.M. NewsSome delegates at the ongoing National Conference have protested the decision of their principal officers to withdraw the power of committee members to select their chairmen and deputies. Ab...

APC Postpones Ward Congress In OndoLeadership NewspapersThe All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo State on Thursday announced the postponement of ward congress in the state earlier slated to hold nationwide on April 5. The state Interim Secretary, Mr ...

OSUN PDP tears apart as Omisore and Jelili beat up AdelekeOsun DefenderOsun PDP has been in commotion as aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have started throwing bombs at each other ahead of 2014 gov election. Omisore, Adel...

Leadership Newspapers'What did you do in Power?, Stop Complaining '- Esele Orders Former Nigerian ...Nigerian BulletinComrade Peter Esele, former President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Peter Esele, on Wednesday called on past leaders in...

Leadership NewspapersAPC Members Dissociate Selves From Marwa's Defection ClaimVanguardAddressing the party's stakeholders from all the 21 local government areas in Yola, yesterday, the spokesperson of the former CPC members, Malam Suleiman Abd...

VanguardCourt Verdict - Reps Say Tambuwal Not Under Pressure to Declare Seats VacantVanguardAbuja — THE House of Representatives, said yesterday that its Speaker, Hon Aminu Tambuwal was not under any pressure to declare the seats of 37 former Peoples...

Nigerian TribuneSymbolic coffins of dead applicants delivered to MoroTHISDAY LiveThe call for the sack of the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, over the tragic recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), which led to the death o...

CHANNELSCourt Fixes May 2 to Rule on Akingbola's Application on JurisdictionTHISDAY LiveJustice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of an Ikeja High Court has fixed May 2 to rule on the application filed by the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc,...

CHANNELSBusiness lawyers speak on Lekki-Ikoyi bridge controversyBusinessDayAt this point, there is need to distinguish between tolls and taxes. Tolls are not taxes, and governments are generally allowed to levy tolls to further a goal. While some of th...

Daily SunFashola raises alarm over Obanikoro's alleged invasion of LagosDaily SunLagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, expressed reservations over the Minister of State for Defense, Senator Musliu Obanikoro's alleged invasion ...

VanguardBreaking: Ex-Finance Minister, Adamu Ciroma is deadVanguardBy Dirisu Yakubu. ABUJA-Elder statesman and former Minister of Finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma is dead. Ciroma who was also a one-time Minister of Agriculture died in an Abuja hospital on ...

Daily SunJob performance: Poll places Jonathan's rating at 53% Says power situation ...Nigerian TribuneLatest governance poll results released by NOIPolls for the month of March 2014 have revealed that slight majority of Nigerians (53 per cent) app...

Minister tasks aspirants on transparent exercise during Osun PDP primaryNigerian TribuneAhead of Saturday's primaries of Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to choose candidate for August governorship poll, the Minister of Poli...

Leadership NewspapersFG, pity polytechnic studentsNigerian TribuneNobody is really talking about the ongoing strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). For over eight months now, students have been at home, and ...

Premium TimesNational Conference: Civil Society delegates reject recommendation of 50 ...Premium TimesThe 24 delegates representing the Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Nigeria have rejected the recommendation of the 50-member committee of the Nat...

CHANNELSTiv Farmers, Herdsmen Declare Cease Fire In Police Led MediationCHANNELSfulani_herdsmen The Security and Peace Committee of the Nigeria Police Force has brokered a peace deal between Tiv farmers and Fulani herdsmen, with the two sides declaring...

Turkish PressNIGERIA: Police Dism: The Plateau State Police Command hasCodewit World NewsThe Plateau State Police Command has dismissed a police corporal, Damudu Bzibu, who was accused of raping a four-year-old girl. Bzibu, with force number, 378612, w...

Daily SunCONFAB: Religious War At The National Conference360Nobs.comTempers rose on Tuesday at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja as the delegates engaged in a serious debate over the dominance of Islam in the 1999 constitution over any mention o...

Osun DefenderIbadan 'lunatics' has been confirm as “human parts dealers”- PoliceOsun DefenderTHE Oyo State Police Command said, yesterday, that two of the arrested suspects, who disguised as lunatics, have confessed to be human body parts d...

HumanIPONigeria's electoral body will commence electronic voting when it is ready ...HumanIPOThe Nigerian Senate yesterday resolved to allow the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to commence electronic voting when it feels it has the...

Expert Advises Security Agencies To Own SectorCHANNELScapt umar A Security Consultant, Rtd. Capt. Aliyu Umar, has advised security agencies to own the security sector, pointing out that Nigeria is a bit laid back in terms of security. Capt. Umar stated...

Osun DefenderStop plan to retire 1050 civil servants, group tells FGThe PunchThe Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to stop its plan to retrench 1,050 civil servants. This is contained in a stateme...

Nigerian Tribune'Delta Without Oil' Has Put Smiles On the Faces of Deltans - IdabohVanguardPRince Uzoma Idaboh, Chairman/Managing Director, Nelrose Hotel Limited and former Special Adviser on Special Duties to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, in thi...

CHANNELSNigeria suicide bombers kill 15 in failed oil facility attack: armyReuters AfricaABUJA (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist suicide bombers killed 15 civilians in a failed attack on a state oil company facility in northeast Nigeria, when soldiers at ...

The Streetjournal15 Killed in Attempted Suicide Attack On NNPC in Maiduguri - Defence ...AllAfrica.comA total of 14 civilians and a member of the Youth Vigilante Group died on Tuesday afternoon's suicide bombing in Maiduguri, Borno State. "17 ...

Leadership NewspapersHouse of Assembly Increases Osun 2014 BudgetDaily Times NigeriaThe Osun State House of Assembly has increased the state 2014 budget estimate from the initial N216 billion to N234 billion. The House Committee on Finance and Appropri...

Leadership NewspapersCourt Does Not Decide How NASS Determines Its Leadership – APCCHANNELSHe said this in reaction to the ruling of Justice Adeniyi Ademola on the 37 defected legislators. Mr Mohammed further stated that Justice Ademola did not give ...

Bauchi State Governor Replaces SSG,CoSNigerian BulletinGovernor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi state has announced the removal of Alhaji Sallau Dandija and Alhaji Yusuf Gumli as Secretary to State Government and his Chief of Staff respectively. A press release s...

The PunchBoko Haram: Military: The ongoing military offensive againsCodewit World News02042014C Armed Soldiers The ongoing military offensive against members of Boko Haram sect has extended to Cameroun, which the fleeing terrorists have carved out as t...

Septuagenarian Commits Suicide In OgunDaily Times NigeriaA 70-year-old man, identified simply as Baby Ijemo, has committed suicide inside his room at Olorombo area of Abeokuta. The lifeless body of the septuagenarian was discovered by his co-tenants on...

Daily SunSeptuagenarian Commits Suicide In OgunDaily Times NigeriaA 70-year-old man, identified simply as Baby Ijemo, has committed suicide inside his room at Olorombo area of Abeokuta. The lifeless body of the septuagenarian was discovered by his co-t...

Daily SunYuguda sacks SSG, Chief of Staff, appoints new onesDaily SunBauchi State Governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda has sacked his long serving Secretary to the State Government(SSG), Alhaji Ibrahim Dandija and the Chief of Staff, Aljaji Yusuf Gumli. The gov...

Nigerian TribuneOrji Kalu disagrees with Jonathan on 'no go areas' for confab delegatesNigerian TribuneThe former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Kalu, has disagreed with President Goodluck Jonathan ,on his decision to declare some areas as &#3...

Leadership NewspapersNda-Isaiah steps down as chairman of Leadership groupNigerian TribuneCHAIRMAN of Leadership Group, publishers of Leadership newspaper, Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah, will step down as chairman from today. In a statement issued by the Group Man...

The Streetjournal4 Suicide Bombers, Others Killed as Explosions Rock Maiduguri!The StreetjournalAt least 4 suspected terrorists, believed to be on a suicide bombing mission were killed on Tuesday in Mulai, on the outskirts of Maduguri. According to the...

P.M. NewsA Colossus At 62P.M. NewsAs he clocks 62, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has remained an enigma; a phenomenon worthy of study. He stands firm in his resolve to change the sorry state of th...

Daily SunJonathan's Speech: Confab Delegates Pledge To Build Better NigeriaLeadership NewspapersDelegates at the ongoing National Conference on Tuesday continued discussions of President Goodluck Jonathan's speech at the inauguration, with a pl...

CHANNELSTerrorists Disguise As Fulani HerdsmenP.M. NewsGovernor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State, northcentral Nigeria, has raised the alarm that insurgents now disguise as fulani herdsmen to terrorise communities in his state. Suswam raised the alarm Mon...

SaharaReporters.comCertificate Forgery: Delta Assembly Commission Confirms SaharaReporters ...SaharaReporters.comDelta State House of Assembly Service Commission, Monday confirmed our December, 2013, story of certificates forgery involving over 30 staf...

SaharaReporters.comCertificate Forgery: Delta Assembly Commission Confirms SaharaReporters ...SaharaReporters.comDelta State House of Assembly Service Commission, Monday confirmed our December, 2013, story of certificates forgery involving over 30 staf...

Bella NaijaEx CBN Governor Sanusi Under Probe for Financing TerrorismBella NaijaThe Federal Government is investigating Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, because of suspicions that he may be a fina...

AllAfrica.comBenue Govt, Fulani Herdsmen Sign Peace AccordAllAfrica.comFulani herdsmen and their host communities in Benue State Monday agreed to bury their hatchets and embrace peace, which had eluded the farming settlements in the last two years. In ...

2015: APC presidential candidate, others may emerge through consensusDailyPost NigeriaAmaechi APC rally 1 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it would encourage the emergence of its presidential and other candidates through consensus in t...

Leadership NewspapersMilitary commences major operations in Benue, Nasarawa and PlateauDailyPost NigeriaThe Nigerian Army yesterday commenced a major operation to put an end to the activities of all armed men and criminal gangs who have been engaging i...

Nigerian TribuneDelegates Agree On 70 Percent Voting SystemVanguardCONTROVERSIES generated last week at the on-going National Conference over voting pattern to be adopted on reaching resolutions in its rules of procedures, was laid to rest Monday, at t...

The Punch"APC will Lose with an all Muslim Ticket"- Femi Fani-Kayode WarnsNigerian BulletinFormer Minister of aviation and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has cautioned his party against fielding Musl...

Nigerian TribuneConference Unanimously Adopts 70% Consensus VoteTHISDAY LiveIn a new atmosphere of cordiality, devoid of the usual rancour, the delegates to the National Conference Monday unanimously adopted a voting pattern of 70 per cent for the reso...

Daily SunPensioners protest against South West govsDaily SunPensioners, under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Pensioners(NUP), yesterday held a peaceful protest in Ibadan, where they lamented the non-implementation and payment of their pension increments...

The Punch$1.69m Fraud: Court Denies Ajudua BailTHISDAY LiveAn Ikeja High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to a one-time Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua. Ajudua is standing trial for allegedly defrauding two Dutch businessmen the sum of $1.69 million....

Leadership NewspapersYero Doles Out N163m To Religious OrganisationsLeadership NewspapersAs part of government's efforts to promote religious harmony, peace and unity in the state, Kaduna State governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero yesterday distri...

Osun DefenderAgain, residents flee homes in Borno over rumoured attack by Boko HaramNigerian TribuneThe rumour that Boko Haram insurgents were coming to attack Giwa Barracks and its environs, on Monday, sent thousands fleeing their homes. Nigerian Trib...

Premium TimesJonathan, Amosun mourn GOK Ajayi, family to announce burial soonPremium Times“A legal icon, defender of the law, defender of the masses. May his soul rest in perfect peace,” a retired chief judge said. The family of late Godwin Ajayi o...

CHANNELSAmosun pays pensioners, retired politiciansP.M. News (blog)Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State,western Nigeria today released N1.5 billion for the payment of gratuities to Pensioners and severance package of former political office holders i...